Top 50 Board Games of All Time - 10-1

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[Bleuchz]

Really enjoyed this final top 10 so I'll reciprocate with my own top ten.

Top Ten Things in Actualol's Top 50 set:

10. The viney thing on the bookcase. Is it real? Is it plant? It is viney thing.
9. Jon Purkis: Narrowly beating out viney thing. Is he real? Is he plant? He is Actualol.
8. Pondering Person leaning on Railroad Ink. Appropriately not thinking man. Just vibing.
7. Paris, Railroad Ink and Parks on the top shelf. Because Jon only owns 2 games beginning with P and hoped we wouldn't notice Railroad Ink.
6. Small potted plant. Showing restraint.
5. Large potted plant. JK there's no restraint.
4. Sand Timer: little known fact: Jon brings this to every game night and times everyone's turns. They beg him to stop but Jon is a slave to the sands.
3. Hendriks Gin: Actually my favorite gin. Nicely done. No notes.
2: The desk: without which there would be no #4, 5, 6 or 1
1: That lil blue square person with the glasses and purple shoes. I mean we all knew it'd be #1, not even close.

[KevinHernandez]

Timestamps ⌛

Intro: 0:00
10. The Resistance: 1:22
9. A Game of Thrones: The Board Game (Second Edition): 4:37
8. Watergate: 9:32
7. Lost Cities: 12:26
6. Western Legends: 15:27
5. Spartacus: A Game of Blood and Treachery: 19:18
4. Lords of Vegas: 22:39
3. Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: 26:12
2. Pandemic: 29:03 (2a. Pandemic Iberia and 2b. Pandemic: Fall of Rome: (32:19))
1. Codenames: 32:44
Outro: 37:18

[ThisNameWasTooLon]

I really do enjoy the authenticity of your gaming likes, rather than blindly promoting the latest craze. Sometimes the latest stuff is great. Sometimes it is not. You walk that line well.

[iwantcheesypuffs]

Code Names is fantastic! I like the picture version even better as it breaks past age and language barriers as well. Well done! Thanks for sharing.

[boardgameaddiction]

Before I finish watching, I just wanted to stop and say, "Thanks for this video Dad. I always knew you loved us!"
It's a shame more people don't take the time to express how much their family means to them.

[TheDarktater]

We have zero overlap in our top 50 which is pretty crazy. I don't care for Knizia, Social Deduction, Tile Laying (for the most part), or party games. Cascadia at 95 and Merchants and Marauders at 99 are the closest we come. That said I still find your channel entertaining and the world would be a boring place if we all liked the same games. :)

[michaelbrown]

I got Western Legends at a used board game sales event, and my eyes almost popped out of my skull when I saw it... thought i'd be looking for it for years. Very dope top 50, thanks man!

[MasterHigure]

One gripe I have with Pandemic is that it is very easy for people to let themselves be directed and not take active part in the game. Especially if some players are much more familiar with the game. Worst case, it devolves into basically solitaire. As the game host, you have to watch out for that, and make sure everyone actually gets to say and maybe even act out their own opinion (and no, "Yeah, I guess that sounds good" doesn't count).

If you don't want that, then you're going to have to have more secret information. Hidden traitor is one popular way of doing it, making it so no one can trust a dictator. Or you could go the route of The Crew or Magic Maze, and just make it against the rules to say anything at all.

[taxag]

I never expected to see the Game of Thrones board game in your top 10 here! Glad to see someone else who understands how many great things there are about this game and how they all work together!

[shadebug]

"If I've inspired you to ruin your bank account buying board games, why not give me some of the money you no longer have?"

[jamessherman]

Excellent list and loads of details. Great that you included some two player games too.

[Games_With_GreenEtea]

The Resistance and Game of Thrones were two of my very first Hobby games and my GOT box is very worn from all the great memories

[nikolamanojlovicci]

What a fantastic series this has been father.

[wanplaypause]

I have all of your top 4 in my collection already. Guess I have to get the other 6 😅

[Whatkanyedo]

Are the little mini figures for pandemic apart of the set or something he made?

[kentslocum]

I struggle with the definition of "best game", because the games I really enjoy tend to be ones that no one else wants to play, and vice versa. The worst game in my collection, in my opinion, is the one that just sits on my shelf and never gets played. But it would be the best game in my collection if it got played. 😢

My favorite board game of all time is, of course, "Extra! Extra!". An unconventional (and relatively unknown) choice, to be sure, but the theme, the gameplay and the art all work together so well. A close second is Unfair.

When it comes to cooperative games, I find that Forbidden Island and Forbidden Desert are much easier to play with younger audiences.

[daforkgaming]

The idea of western legends allowing you to do a mix of everything seems interesting. Most games that 'offer' such variety in decision making are often designed so that the optimal strategy is to just pick one or two paths and build in to them hard, while those who try to do a little bit of everything get overpowered

[FernandoAPrado]

Great selection! The only game in the list I can't manage to like is Pandemic (for me it should be a solo game).

[williamkremer]

Such a great top 100 list. I love the fact that it has games from the 80s and 90s on it and just your boundless enthusiasm for the hobby. More importantly the total absence of game snobbery. Games I have picked up second-hand since 100-90 came out: Tobago, Carcassonne Hunters and Gatherers and K2. What have other people been inspired to get or plan to get from this list?

[-LiQuidGaS-]

@Actuallol: if you love pandemic, then you ABSOLUTELY have to try pandemic legacy season 1! Talk about giving a theme to an already-thematic game - the progression, characters, the twist and turn, and to have an actual impact in the world with dire consequences as you progress through it...

All I can say is, you and your wife will absolutely LOVE IT! ❤